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Resurrection Christian baseball bounces back

Thompson Valley eliminated from postseason; Roosevelt's hopes take a major hit

By Sports Staff

Posted:
05/06/2013 11:19:29 PM MDT

Cougars 8, Spartans 7

The game meant nothing to Resurrection Christian in terms of how the Cougars' postseason plans were concerned, but coming off two big losses over the weekend, it meant a lot in the dugout. Rallying from a 7-1 deficit to Berthoud made the win that much sweeter as Rez sets in to host district play this Saturday.

"It was hugely important in the character concept after we lost those two games," Rez coach Grant MacAlmond said, his team sitting at 12-7. "It was a bit character test in finding out what we have going into the district tournament. It was a huge win for us."

Luke Mondt tied the game with a squeeze bunt in the sixth, then Del Richardson set up the winning rally with a double, later scoring on Jake Tomchek's two-out RBI single. Mondt drove in three runs, while Jake Lohr and Zach Samples had two hits each. The Cougars will host district play at their field Saturday with opponents still to be determined.

Warriors 12-9, RoughRiders 2-4

Roosevelt's postseason hopes took a major hit, getting swept by a Frederick team that played nice and loose in it's final two contests, taking down the Riders's top two pitchers in the process.

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"We had the worst possible results that we could have today, but Frederick deserves a lot of credit," RHS coach Alan Gibson said, his team now 9-9 overall, 7-6 in Tri-Valley Conference play. "They played free and easy and aggressive baseball. They had two major innings where they strung together several hits, some of them for extra bases, to take control of both games. We thought in the second game we were in good shape going into the sixth, but they just refused to stop playing and competing. Now we have to regroup in a hurry to face Erie (today) in what undoubtedly is a must-win situation if we hope to have any chances at all for the postseason."

Roosevelt not only needs to win, but has to have Windsor lose and Northridge win to earn the third guaranteed spot out of the TVC. If not, the Riders' fate lies in the wildcard system. Nate Trobee had three hits for RHS in the nightcap, driving in a run.

BHS Eagles 6, TV Eagles 5

BROOMFIELD -- Thompson Valley needed a win against Northern Conference leader Broomfield to force the issue, but ended TVHS' season with a walk-off hit in the bottom of the seventh. In the end, mistakes caught up to Thompson Valley, which allowed four unearned runs in the game.

"We gave it a good run today," TVHS coach Jay Denning said, his team finishing at 11-8 overall, 7-7 in the Northern Conference. "If we could have taken care of the baseball early, we had a chance, but it just didn't happen today."

Drew Meintzer had three hits for Thompson valley, while Trevon Yep had two. TVHS attempted to take a lead in the seventh with a squeeze punt, but the ball was caught in the air on a diving play and turned into an inning-ending double play.

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